Table 3.
Life expectancy among HIV-positive patients by province in Iran (1987-2016)
| Province | Life expectancy (yr) | 95% CI |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| LL | UL | ||
| Tehran | 31.4 | 30.2 | 32.6 |
| Semnan | 30.3 | 17.6 | 43.0 |
| Qom | 28.6 | 26.3 | 31.0 |
| Markazi | 25.8 | 24.4 | 27.3) |
| Yazd | 25.3 | 21.4 | 29.2 |
| Mazandaran | 25.0 | 21.5 | 28.5 |
| Qazvin | 24.3 | 21.7 | 26.9 |
| Isfahan | 24.2 | 22.3 | 26.1 |
| Khorasan | 23.8 | 21.8 | 25.8 |
| Bushehr | 23.3 | 20.8 | 25.5 |
| Kermanshah | 22.9 | 21.7 | 24.1 |
| Fars | 22.5 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Kurdistan | 21.7 | 19.5 | 23.8 |
| Alborz | 21.3 | 19.0 | 23.7 |
| Hamadan | 21.2 | 19.4 | 23.0 |
| East Azerbaijan | 21.2 | 19.4 | 22.9 |
| Hormozgan | 20.0 | 18.3 | 21.7 |
| Khozestan | 19.9 | 18.6 | 21.2 |
| Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari | 19.9 | 16.4 | 23.3 |
| Golestan | 19.1 | 17.7 | 20.5 |
| Ardebil | 19.1 | 13.3 | 24.9 |
| Zanjan | 18.8 | 15.6 | 22.0 |
| West Azerbaijan | 17.6 | 15.9 | 19.2 |
| Kerman | 17.6 | 14.3 | 20.8 |
| Lorestan | 17.4 | 16.5 | 18.3 |
| Sistan and Baluchestan | 17.4 | 14.8 | 19.8 |
| Qilan | 16.8 | 14.4 | 19.2 |
| Ilam | 14.7 | 12.6 | 16.8 |
| Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | 13.2 | 11.6 | 14.8 |
| National | 23.1 | 22.6 | 23.5 |
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; CI, confidence interval; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit.